{"id":19190,"date":"2021-08-29T15:10:21","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T13:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=19190"},"modified":"2021-08-29T15:10:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T13:10:21","slug":"albin-kurti-calls-urgent-meeting-of-the-national-security-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albin-kurti-calls-urgent-meeting-of-the-national-security-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Albin Kurti calls urgent meeting of the National Security Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following the surge in the number of fatalities and infections caused by COVID-19, the PM of Kosovo, Albin Kurti has called off his flight to Austria, where he was invited to participate in the European Forum Alpbach 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, Kurti has now convened an urgent meeting of the National Security Council, without giving any further detail regarding the motive behind the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will be announcing the time of the meeting promptly,\u201d said the government\u2019s notice.<\/p>\n<p>During the month of August, the number of new infections and unfortunate fatalities linked to the virus has risen exponentially.<\/p>\n<p>Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 2.421 citizens lost their lives, while medical professionals confirm that the majority of causalities had underlying health conditions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/08\/12\/kurti-albanian-politicians-should-refrain-from-collaborating-with-crime\/\">Kurti: Albanian politicians should refrain from collaborating with crime<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/08\/22\/ldk-calls-on-kurti-to-halt-all-construction-of-a-parallel-university-in-north-mitrovica\/\">LDK calls on Kurti to halt all construction of a parallel university in North Mitrovica<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/kosovo\/2021\/08\/02\/opposition-walks-out-after-debate-over-first-100-days-of-kurtis-government-fails\/\">Opposition walks out after debate over first 100 days of Kurti\u2019s government fails<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the surge in the number of fatalities and infections caused by COVID-19, the PM of Kosovo, Albin Kurti has called off his flight to Austria, where he was invited to participate in the European Forum Alpbach 2021. 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